panel bracing

[brodave2]

I cut the 1/4" dado's for the braces between the speaker box and the last panel. Didn't work out that well, panels not straight enough. I'm thinking about cutting some 5/8" strips and gluing/bradding them to the panels instead of dado grooves. Then, after the panel is in place I can lay the brace onto the strips, and glue and brad them down. This would give me some leeway. I can't see where a 5/8" square strip would cause any problems since 1/2" plywood is acceptable. I like to figure out ways to give myself some slack after assembly.

[brodave2]

That way seemed to work out well, think I'll to it again on the next ones. I cut some strips 1/2" x 3/4" out of poplar and tacked them to the panels with a brad nailer and glue. This made a ledge to lay the brace on and allowed the brace to be less than perfect in width. After putting on a temporary brace to hold the panel in place, the permanent brace (1/4" oak plywood) was tacked and glued into place. The dadoes didn't work well with the warped panels.

[Mark Coward]

What I did for those large braces is use 3 smaller braces, so the warp didn't really interfere. My 1/4" was warped a good bit, but this worked fine in dadoed slots.

[fender3x]

I cut the 1/4" dado's for the braces between the speaker box and the last panel. Didn't work out that well, panels not straight enough.

I had a similar problem and dealt with it like this:



Rather than cutting holes in the last braces, I cut pieces out of them. So between the last panel and the back I have 14 mini braces, rather than two large ones. (Basically the same as Mark's idea, but with more, smaller braces).

I am not sure whether the panel was a little warped, or whether I just got the angle a little off when I cut the braces, but this solved the problem.

Not the most aesthetically pleasing, but nobody see the inside except you fellas and you're family

[brodave2]

so many ways to get to the same place